History TearJerker / LittleWitchAcademia

* Akko finally learns the truth: Ursula is Shiny Chariot. Instead of this making her happy, she also finds out her idol, the one who inspired her to be a witch in the first place, at the very show that inspired her, [[spoiler:stole her ability to fly and crippled her magical abilities]]. Akko also learns that Croix is up to no good and the evil cubes she's been encountering are Croix's MagiTek. With both of the professors she looked up to -- the only ones who ever treated her as someone worthy to teach -- up to underhanded shenanigans, Akko is utterly shattered by this revelation.

* Akko finally learns the truth: Ursula is Shiny Chariot. Instead of this making her happy, she also finds out her idol, the one who inspired her to be a witch in the first place, at the very show that inspired her, stole her ability to fly and crippled her magical abilities. Akko also learns that Croix is up to no good and the evil cubes she's been encountering are Croix's MagiTek. With both of the professors she looked up to -- the only ones who ever treated her as someone worthy to teach -- up to underhanded shenanigans, Akko is utterly shattered by this revelation.

* Akko finally learns the truth: Ursula is Shiny Chariot. Instead of this making her happy, she also finds out her idol, the one who inspired her to be a witch in the first place, at the very show that inspired her, stole her ability to fly and crippled her magical abilities. Akko also learns that Croix is up to no good and the evil cubes she's been encountering are Croix's tech. With both of the professors she looked up to -- the only ones who ever treated her as someone worthy to teach -- up to underhanded shenanigans, Akko is utterly shattered by this revelation.

* Akko finally learns the truth: Ursula is Shiny Chariot. Instead of this making her happy, she also finds out her idol, the one who inspired her to be a witch in the first place, at the very show that inspired her, stole her ability to fly and crippled her magical abilities. Akko also learns that Croix is up to no good and the evil cubes she's been encountering are Croix's tech. W ith both of the professors she looked up to -- the only ones who ever treated her as someone worthy to teach -- up to underhanded shenanigans, Akko is utterly shattered by this relevation.

* Akko finally learns the truth: Ursula is Shiny Chariot. Instead of this making her happy, she also finds out her idol, teh one who inspired her to be a witch in the first place, at the very show that inspired her, stole her abilty to fly and crippled her magical abilities. Akko also learnes that Croix is up to no good and the evil cubes she's been encountering are Croix tech. With both of the professors she looked up to -- the only ones who ever treated her as someone worthy to teach. Akko is utterly shattered by this relevation.

* Croix invoking PoorCommunicationKills on Akko's faith in Ursula. The minute Croix brings it up, Akko's eyes go wide with fear, and she fires off one flimsy excuse after another. Throughout the episode, she's left with a terrible mood, and when Ursula comes back, Akko's downright terrified of her.

** Chariot and Croix's past is brought up again.
* Going by the subtle changes in their demeanor and facial expressions when just mentioning Sixth's Word, it's obvious the memory of that incident stings both of them.
* Ursula staring at her and Croix's old picture together, and Croix yelling at Ursula to wake up when she thinks Ursula is about to fall to her death. Despite being so bitter towards one another in the present, neither has quite let go of their childhood friendship.

Even a sweet, cheerful and innocent anime like ''Little Witch Academia'' can have it's sad moments.

[[AC: Episode 19]]

* The Cavendish Family situation, especially if you're looking at it from Diana's perspective. [[spoiler: You're part of an ancient, renowned family of witches, but your name is getting dragged through the mud because of your meddling aunt's superficial greed. Furthermore, your aunt is selling off priceless family heirlooms that were left behind by your ancestors in order to remember why you're such a prominent family. And because all of this is happening, you're forced to drop out of your dream school--leaving behind your friends, teachers, and everything else--in order to settle this matter. Oh, and let's not forget that you're just a teenage girl and already you have to deal with this much responsibility and pressure largely by yourself.]] It's no wonder she's so serious all the time. She ''has'' to be in order to deal with all of this.

* The Cavendish Family situation, especially if you're looking at it from Diana's perspective. [[spoiler: You're part of an ancient, renowned family of witches, but your name is getting dragged through the mud because of your meddling aunt's superficial greed. Furthermore, your aunt is selling off priceless family heirlooms that were left behind by your ancestors in order to remember why you're such a prominent family. And because all of this is happening, you're forced to drop out of your dream school--leaving behind your friends, teachers, and everything else--in order to settle this matter. Oh, and let's not forget that you're just a teenage girl and already you have to deal with this much responsibility and pressure largely by yourself.]]
** For that matter, Diana's life has been pretty hard. [[spoiler: She lost her parents at a young age, is having her family discredited because of her aunt's greed, was forced to leave Luna Nova, has to watch her family home fall into such a degenerate state, and has probably already lost a bunch of her family heirlooms because of her aunt selling them off like antique store knick-knacks. It's no wonder she's so serious all the time. She ''has'' to be in order to deal with all of this.]]

* Both Lotte and Akko turn out to have pretty low self esteem when it comes to their attractiveness. Suzi tries to mock Akko for it being the 'first and last' time she'll ever be considered desirable, and is clearly thrown a bit when Akko simply agrees. Lotte on the other hand doesn't seem remotely surprised when her suitors quickly dismiss her the moment the love effect wears off... [[spoiler:which warps back into Heartwarming when one sticks around.]]

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* Both Lotte and Akko turn out to have pretty low self esteem when it comes to their attractiveness. Suzi tries to mock Akko for it being the 'first and last' time she'll ever be considered desirable, and is clearly thrown a bit when Akko simply agrees. Lotte on the other hand doesn't seem remotely surprised when her suitors quickly dismiss her the moment the love effect wears off... [[Spoiler:which warps back into Heartwarming when one sticks around.]]

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* When Akko is determined to become the next Moonlit Witch like her idol, Shiny Chariot, her friends just tell her that it will probably be Diana. Granted, they weren't trying to be mean, but [[InnocentlyInsensitive they weren't taking into account what their words would effect Akko's sense of self-confidence]]. At that very moment, Akko realized that even her closest friends may not believe in her.

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* Akko’s visit to the Fountain of Polaris. She goes in expecting to have her magical talents [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong With Her All Along,]] but instead, she gets a flashback of a young Shiny Chariot struggling as much as she did. [[BreakTheHaughty It finally hits]] [[BreakTheCutie home to Akko]] she’s not in a LegacyOfTheChosen story, she’s in a ToBeAMaster story. And in those, there are no [[InstantExpert Instant Experts.]] [[CryCute She doesn’t take it well.]]

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* Akko’s visit to the Fountain of Polaris. She goes in expecting to have her magical talents [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong With Her All Along,]] but instead, she gets a flashback of a young Shiny Chariot struggling as much as she did. [[BreakTheHaughty It finally hits home to Akko]] she’s not in a LegacyOfTheChosen story, she’s in a ToBeAMaster story. And in those, there are no [[InstantExpert Instant Experts.]] [[CryCute She doesn’t take it well.]]